Mingo Valley Division - (918) 586-6000

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Originally from Shawnee, Tara Bashaw has been in the Tulsa area for about 15 years. Tara is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma Price College of Business. 

Tara is married, and a mother of four. She is also the owner of Storey Wrecker.

Tara represents the Mingo Valley Division in her work with the Community Advisory Board.

Tara says she wants everyone to have a voice in what is going on in Tulsa, and the CAB seemed like a great way to be a liaison between the customers she sees every day, and their unique experiences that might not get a voice otherwise. 

Tara says getting to know other people who are active in the community, who also have the same goals of keeping Tulsa a great place to live and do business, was another factor in her decision to work with the CAB. 

Linda Chesser is a lifelong native of Tulsa and a graduate of Tulsa’s McLain High School. She has made her career in the hospitality industry, working for Hilton Hotels Worldwide for more than 37 years.

Linda helped open the first DoubleTree Hotel in Oklahoma at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa Warren Place Hotel, as well as the Hilton Mission Valley Hotel in San Diego. She worked as an Executive Assistant and Operations Manager for 18 years at the DoubleTree by Hilton Tulsa Downtown Hotel, and is currently the Hotel Manager at the Tulsa Embassy Suites.

Linda is married to retired Tulsa Police Officer Dick Chesser, and she has a son, daughter-in-law and one granddaughter. In her spare time, she enjoys doing crafts, scrapbooking, traveling and volunteering in her community. 

Kim Koch represents the third generation of her family as Vice President at Saied Music Company, founded by her grandfather Jimmie Saied and now celebrating their 75th year under the leadership of her father, Bob Saied. Saied Music is a full-line store with six locations, headquartered in Tulsa, OK. 

A University of Tulsa grad holding a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance, Kim pursued graduate studies in opera at Manhattan School of Music. After teaching for five years in public schools, marrying, and having children, Kim returned to the family business in 2011. 

Kim currently serves as Chairman of the Board of the Starlight Band, one of the nations few professional concert bands. She serves on the AIMM (Alliance of Independent Music Merchants) advisory board and has served on the board of directors for NASMD (National Association of School Music Dealers).

Kim enjoys lunching with her dad and siblings, drinking morning coffee at the lake, and wrangling her three teens, Samantha, Mackenzie and Tucker Wyatt.

Angela Eakes is a lifelong Tulsan. She and her husband, Philip, live in south Tulsa with their three Brittany dogs. 

Angela has four sons, all of which are grown and starting families of their own. 

Angela is a Sheltered Instruction Coach for Union Public Schools, and loves working with both children and adults. 

If you want to find Angela outside of work, you won’t have to go too far – just check her garden! 

Angela represents the Mingo Valley Division in her work with the Community Advisory Board, and says she’s excited to advocate for the families and children in her area. 

Born in Tulsa and raised in rural Oklahoma, Linda Grant has worked in Tulsa as an accounting professional for more than two decades. She returned to the city of her birth as a resident by choice in 2018 when her daughter left for college.

In 2020, Linda founded the Tulsa District 5 Community Alliance in response to the increased need for community outreach in her area during COVID-19, and she and other district volunteers have assisted neighbors in a wide variety of ways since, seeing first-hand the benefits of mutual aid among citizens. 

As a serial volunteer, Linda has partnered with many organizations whose missions align closely with her core values over the years, and currently, when she’s not serving clients and families in her capacity as an End-of-Life Doula, she can be found serving as the Secretary for the Will Rogers Community Foundation and supporting the efforts of Housing Solutions Tulsa and Oklahoma Alliance for Animals.

As the member of a multi-generational law enforcement and first responder family, Ms. Grant strongly supports prioritizing the mental health and safety of officers. She views peacekeeping and emergency services as a necessary component of a safe society. Linda is also an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform, law enforcement accountability, policing policy and culture improvement, and collaborative community empowerment in matters of public safety. 

Linda lives and works in the Mingo Valley Division area and hopes to use her time on the Community Advisory Board to be a voice for positive change for both law enforcement and civilians.

Apostle Sharyn Cosby serves as founder and senior servant of In the Spirit Ministries. From that ministry, she later founded In the Spirit Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 2007, Oklahoma Family Empowerment Center in 2012, and In the Spirit Training Institute in 2019. She has over 14 years of hospice experience, serving as a chaplain, bereavement counselor, and ultimately the Director of Pastoral Care and the "We Honor Veterans" Program.

Because of her significant record of working with vulnerable populations, Cosby has received awards and recognition from the Oklahoma House of Representatives, State Senate, City of Tulsa Mayor's Office, Oklahoma Department of Corrections, and 100 Black Men, to name a few.

She holds the Board Certified Clinical Chaplain designation with the National Association of Veteran Affairs Chaplains, a Master of Divinity Degree from Phillips Theological Seminary (PTS), Tulsa, Oklahoma. She looks to confer a Doctor of Ministry, concentrating on Transformational Leadership in Improvisational Ministry from PTS, May 2022.

As an advocate for silenced voices, she has served on various boards and commissions, including; the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women, Oklahoma Department of Corrections Community Advisory Board, Tulsa Interfaith Alliance, Abba's Family Housing Faith Alliance, the Mayor's Police and Community Coalition and Tulsa Police Department Community Advisory Board, representing the Mingo Valley.

Apostle Cosby is a mother and grandmother, who is affectionately called "Nana. "  She is a woman of vision and passion, receiving has received numerous awards for her leadership, integrity, and compassion for all, especially the marginalized in the areas of hunger and food scarcity, homelessness, gangs, criminal justice, immigration, and prison reform. For relaxation, she enjoys family, reading, and gardening.

My name is Tony Thomas.  I was born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma. I graduated from McLain Highschool in 1997, which is the same year that  I met my wife of 22 years. We have 3 beautiful children. I attend and am very active in my local church, Tulsa Lighthouse Church. I am a small business owner for 17 years. I serve on the Community Advisory Board for our local police department, (Tulsa Police Department) for the Mingo Valley Division which is also the area of town in which I live.